About LIRS

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service does so much to ensure that newcomers receive the warm welcome they deserve. We work with churches and organizations across the country to create welcoming communities. We foster cultural integration and financial self-sufficiency for those starting over. We find loving homes for unaccompanied refugee children. We advocate for policies and legislation that uphold the rights and dignity of all newcomers.

Since 1939 Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service has fought tirelessly to keep America’s doors open to those fleeing persecution and seeking opportunity. We are a nonprofit organization that serves regardless of race, religion and national origin. We fully appreciate that our communities, our congregations and our lives are enriched by the contributions of newcomers.

We invite you to learn more about the work and ministry of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. We encourage you to learn more about the people we serve—refugees, asylum seekers, torture survivors, unaccompanied children and immigrant families. And, most importantly, we welcome you to walk with us as we welcome immigrants and refugees to their new lives in a new land.